Mistaria kiwuensis is a species of spider in the family Agelenidae,[1] which contains at least 1,350 species as of August 2021.[2] It was first described by Strand in 1913 as the subspecies Agelena jumbo kiwuensis. Agelena jumbo was moved to the genus Mistaria in 2019, so that the subspecies became Mistaria jumbo kiwuensis. It was then elevated to the full species Mistaria kiwuensis later in the same year.[1] It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Mistaria kiwuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Mistaria
Species:
M. kiwuensis
Binomial name
Mistaria kiwuensis
(Strand, 1913)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Agelena jumbo kiwuensis Strand, 1913
  • Mistaria jumbo kiwuensis (Strand, 1913)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Taxon details Mistaria kiwuensis (Strand, 1913)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  2. ^ "Currently valid spider genera and species". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-08-19.